The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-30

The Congregational churches, at
st. Louis and ithaca, are without pas
tors.
"A shirt factory has been estab-
lished at White Pigeon by an Ohio
party.
Coal oil is so scarce, ut Sault ste.
Maufnt that it is selling at 80 cents a
gallon
The Lapeer county sheep breeders
meet at Metamora, May III, for their
annual festival.
Kalamazoo young men, OF the
Catholic belief, have organized club,
with forty members.
--Marshall's military company is
without man who weighs less than
two hundred pounds.
Over one hundred tons of coal
were stolen from one schooner ut
Cheboygan last winter.
A flouring-mill with capacity of
one hundred barrels day will soon be
In operation ut Milford.
The village board of South Albion
has voted 800 for woodchuck scalps.
Each scalp is worth II cents.
The proposition to build new
court house was voted down at the re
cent election in Allegan county
The Sheep Breeders Association
of Macomb county will hold its annual
shearing festival at Romeo on May 8.
The members of the Presbyterian
Church, at Lansing, have decided TO
build church, TO cost from S30,000to
$4,000.
1t is estimated by the Kalamazoo
Telegraph that buildings valued at
81 100000 viii be erected in that city
this year
Congressman Fisher, of Bay City,
went 10 Washington recently having
been called there by the illness of his
daughter.
One of the largest saw-mills in the
State is situated at Barago, and fur
nishes employment to about six hum
dred men.
There were twenty-cne ministers
and twenty churches in the presbytery
OF Lansing, which was held at Battle
Creek recently.
Agents for the French Govern
ment have lately purchased large
number of horses from the farmers in
the vicinity of Kalamazoo.
The ladies of Saginaw City arc
organizing to build n general hospital,
about one hundred of them being al
ready interested in the project.
james Conquest married man
at Vienna, left his wife and three chill
dren lately and eloped with Sarah
Thorp, aged lS years, OF the same
town.
The most disastrous sleet storm
known in years fell on the peninsula
recently. Telephone wires were com
pletely wrecked, and only one telegraph
wire left.
-Muskegon county has as yet no
deputy game warden, and consider
able anxiety is felt among the local
sportsmen as to where the lightning
will strike.
The business men of Port Huron,
who have strong faith in future for
their city. are organizing under regu-
lar constitution and bylaws to meet
the boom half way.
The substantial citizens OF Flint
will hold meeting to discuss the ques.
ton Of taxing the town TO provide
money with which TO induce manu-
facturers TO settle in the city.
AT the recent election the people
Of Shelby voted to give piece of
ground, fifty feet square, in the center
of Mount Hope cemetery, TO the G.. A.
r. post upon which 10 erect its pro-
posed 81, 500 monument.
Charles L. Abbott, insane and
very deaf, was run over at Kalamazoo.
by west bound Michigan Central
freight and instantly killed Abbott
was formerly one OF the most promi.
nent mining prospectors of Colorado.
Fire at Brockway Centre destroy
ed $4,000 worth Of property in the
business portion Of that village. The
losers are: Peter Hickey, agricultural
implement store; NJ. r. Grandy, several
small buildings; James Wallace, har-
ness shop.
Joseph Austin, a merchant resid-
ing at Bunker Hill, fell from Brad
ford train while passing through the
Pan Handle yards in Iogansport. He
was struck by switch engine, knock.
ed under a passenger train, and In.